<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Asan Security Quarterly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asan Security Quarterly]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/archive</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:30:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.asansq.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Lee Jaehyon | Editor in Chief Each year, the Asan Plenum brings together leading experts, scholars, and policymakers to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. In 2026, the Plenum convened under the theme of Modernizing Alliances. The panels explored what alliance modernization demands from multiple perspectives. They began with the fundamental question of why alliances must evolve in the first place, before turning to the forces reshaping the global order—from the growing cohesion...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/introduction-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44ee7b3c06bdad542be28c</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_96232d53f9444c75a8a6e31dd03b1fef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Asan Security Quarterly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modernization Without Theory: The U.S.-ROK Alliance in an Age of Strategic Incoherence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mr. Michael Schiffer | Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress The architecture of American alliances in Northeast Asia was built for a world that no longer exists. The hub-and-spoke system that anchored U.S. security relationships in the Indo-Pacific was designed during the Cold War to manage a bipolar confrontation between two superpowers with functioning bureaucracies, rough nuclear parity, and a shared interest in avoiding direct conflict. The post-Cold War refinements assumed...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/modernization-without-theory-the-u-s-rok-alliance-in-an-age-of-strategic-incoherence</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44ed0d51416e35e7889daa</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:39:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_01c900391afe4ad2be9e5592bfcb80df~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mr. Michael Schiffer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modernizing Indo-Pacific Partnerships: From the Japan-ROK Bilateral to the JAROK (Japan-Australia-ROK) Pillar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof. Iwama Yoko | Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Introduction For several years, U.S. alliances both within the Indo-Pacific and between Europe and the Indo-Pacific blossomed. The trend started with the rise of China in the 2000s and accelerated with the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014. The first NATO-IP4 (Indo-Pacific Four: Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand) meeting was held in 2022 in Madrid, and the format became an established forum. The Biden...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/modernizing-indo-pacific-partnerships-from-the-japan-rok-bilateral-to-the-jarok-japan-australia-ro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44eb6181da23eacaa464f7</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:33:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_b7b67cda7de24d5fb09246a41677315d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_818,h_519,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Prof. Iwama Yoko</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modernizing Nuclear Deterrence in U.S. Alliances: Poland’s Experience ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Justyna Gotkowska | Deputy Director, Center for Eastern Studies (OSW) Poland is a non-nuclear country, and nuclear deterrence was a topic that preoccupied only a handful of experts and officials in the ministries of foreign affairs and defense until Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014. However, the discussion in Poland surrounding nuclear deterrence has gained prominence following the modernization of Russia’s nuclear forces, the expansion of its delivery systems, the deployment...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/modernizing-nuclear-deterrence-in-u-s-alliances-poland-s-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44e9bb51416e35e78895ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:26:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_c3226bc86c33467aa76c7baa7f51cd1f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Justyna Gotkowska</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Threats, Modern Alliances: The Indo-Pacific’s Evolving Security Architecture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Julia Macdonald | Director, Asia New Zealand Foundation The contemporary alliance architecture of the Indo-Pacific was forged in an environment defined by conventional deterrence, maritime control, and nuclear balancing. During the Cold War and its immediate aftermath, the United States constructed a system of bilateral alliances—often described as a “hub-and-spokes” model—anchored in treaties with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and others. These arrangements were designed primarily to deter...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/modern-threats-modern-alliances-the-indo-pacific-s-evolving-security-architecture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44e85251416e35e7889270</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:19:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_c3e7ab4f9ee94decb9437fa56d005797~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_944,h_534,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Julia Macdonald</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modernizing Alliances in an Age of Economic Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Lim Ji Hye | Associate Professor, George Mason University Korea For most of the post-Cold War era, alliance politics and economic policy could be discussed on separate tracks. Over the last decade, this separation has broken down. Economic relations are now increasingly viewed through a strategic lens, with states treating industrial capacity, technological leadership, and supply-chain resilience as sources of geopolitical leverage. This shift has brought economic policy more directly...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/modernizing-alliances-in-an-age-of-economic-security</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44e66a51416e35e7888e2f</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:13:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_a45ac428541c4810a9576d29962c879f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lim Ji Hye</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Korea Steps Up Global South Diplomacy: Four Summits and a New Direction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Choi Ina | Research Fellow, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Upon taking office, President Lee Jae Myung pledged to expand Korea’s engagement with the Global South. His March visits to Singapore and the Philippines, followed by India and Vietnam in April, marked an initial effort to translate this vision into practice. The selection of three ASEAN member states as early destinations—including both the current and incoming ASEAN chairs—signaled that ASEAN remains central...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/korea-steps-up-global-south-diplomacy-four-summits-and-a-new-direction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a44dfd6f5f40624272c5c0f</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 2]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:57:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_5e02396b7aaf4ec8835dfcfa222e7a37~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_779,h_495,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Choi Ina</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Lee Jaehyon | Editor-in-Chief Since its launch in 2013, the Asan Forum has been the flagship English-language publication of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Under the editorial leadership of Professor Gilbert Rozman, a renowned scholar of Northeast Asia and the Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, the Forum has offered a platform for expert exchanges on the changing geopolitical dynamics of Northeast Asia. In 2026, the Asan Institute hopes to build on the...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eec1463fe49635e690580e</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 02:26:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_bc22e385bba043789bd46cd2c67b016b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_754,h_443,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>The Asan Security Quarterly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Shocks: Coming Out Ahead in Trump 2.0 Amid Growing Global Responsibilities ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Lee Chung Min | Senior Advisor for International Strategy and Policy at the IISS The Primacy of Techno-Economics Under Trump 2.0 Like almost all major U.S. allies, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has made enormous efforts to satisfy a range of demands from U.S. President Donald Trump after his return to power in January 2025. Since the inauguration of the Lee Jae Myung administration in June 2025, Washington has announced steep tariffs on Korean exports to the United States, demanded...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/beyond-shocks-coming-out-ahead-in-trump-2-0-amid-growing-global-responsibilities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eec956597b798f3aa4745c</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 02:46:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_e0ec37fea45540cf9c209d37c5a6fa64~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Lee Chung Min</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan and a Discretionary Superpower: Alliance Management in the Second Trump Administration ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof. Jimbo Ken | Professor, Keio University The return of Donald Trump to the White House has revived a familiar but unresolved question in Tokyo: not whether the United States remains powerful, but how, and under what conditions, it now chooses to exercise that power. Recent Japanese public opinion data underscore this distinction. A December 2025 nationwide survey by Genron NPO shows that while many Japanese remain aware of America’s vast economic and military capabilities, confidence in...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/japan-and-a-discretionary-superpower-alliance-management-in-the-second-trump-administration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eece8340a0465aa6c8cad9</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 03:15:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_ae70a24de00f431d97a7991889681b32~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Prof. Jimbo Ken</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebuilding U.S. Alliances: Why the Post–Cold War Order Broke Before Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof. Jennifer Lind | Associate Professor, Dartmouth College Since the political rise of Donald Trump, a spending obligations; and in both public and leaked communications, the administration officials decade ago, many foreign policy elites in the United States and abroad have been horrified by his treatment of U.S. allies. Trump hinted at the annexation of Canada and discussed a U.S. seizure of Greenland; he imposed tariffs on adversaries and allies alike; he suggested that the United States...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/rebuilding-u-s-alliances-why-the-post-cold-war-order-broke-before-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eedf6a3fe49635e690a84c</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:04:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_4ca9cdcec99642588750af82694f3506~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Prof. Jennifer Lind</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia and the Second Trump Administration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof. Peter J. Dean | Professor, Australian National University Ms. Georgie Hicks | Research Associate, Australian National University Trump 2.0 has offered up a set of exceptionally challenging circumstances for both Australia's strategic settings and its domestic political debates on international policy. The progressive Albanese Labor government in Australia has been undertaking a high wire balancing act since Trump's election victory. Domestically, the Labor government has sought to...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/australia-and-the-second-trump-administration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eeef0940a0465aa6c924ed</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_45ad6e0746be4499a7dcdeb3d7e8d345~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Prof. Peter J. Dean &amp; Ms. Georgie Hicks</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rethinking Asia-Europe’s Security and the Search for a “Third Way” for America’s Allies in Europe and Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Michael Raska | Senior Researcher and Section Head, Security and Defense in Europe, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich American Allies in Europe and Asia must find a "Third Way" that maintains their alliances with the United States while putting into place viable alternatives. Regardless of who replaces Donald Trump in the 2028 presidential election, undoing his administration's transactional policies will take enormous effort. At the same time, the United States is likely to...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/rethinking-asia-europe-s-security-and-the-search-for-a-third-way-for-america-s-allies-in-europe-an</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eefb1c9f27caa76a47b5de</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 06:18:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_832009a58bd941c3bb0f71a6faa2817b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dr. Michael Raska</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Year After Trump’s Second Term: Lessons from "Zootropolis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ms. Min Sheewon | Doctoral Candidate, University of Oxford In this paper, I argue that the Disney film Zootropolis operates as a striking allegory for the contemporary United States, brought into sharper focus by the political climate of Trump's second term. The film's bright celebration of diversity, meritocracy, and peaceful coexistence mirrors America's enduring self-image as an open, pluralistic society. Yet it also exposes the anxieties that lie beneath this optimistic façade- fear of...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/a-year-after-trump-s-second-term-lessons-from-zootropolis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eef56b40a0465aa6c93408</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 05:57:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_99918fa2ea704b0a9fe5d0b8aa3ff0d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ms. Min Sheewon</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Imperatives and Technological Power: Trump’s Second-Term AI Agenda and Its Global Ripple Effects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ms. Marianne Singh | Analyst, New York University This essay examines how President Trump's second-term AI policies are reshaping the global AI ecosystem, with contrasting effects across the United States, Europe, and Asia. In the United States, rapid deregulation and security-driven investment accelerate frontier and military-aligned AI but prioritize speed over long-term research, ethical safeguards, and market-led spillovers. Europe emphasizes regulatory sovereignty, ethical oversight, and...]]></description><link>https://www.asansq.org/post/national-imperatives-and-technological-power-trump-s-second-term-ai-agenda-and-its-global-ripple-ef</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69eeffdc9f27caa76a47c287</guid><category><![CDATA[Vol. 1, Issue No. 1]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8def99_4d9f214c629e4af0a343754cb43cc7ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Ms. Marianne Singh</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>